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...time, and accepted a position as assistant dean. Epps later rose to become dean of students himself and over the next 30 years would earn the gratitude of white and black students alike for his advice on a wide range of subjects, and for his genuine and tireless efforts to improve undergraduate life...
There was no depth to Hope. But he made up for that with his tireless brio, his total lack of sentimentality--and his ability to stay on top of the news. He famously mastered every comic venue his 20th century offered--vaudeville, Broadway, radio, movies, television--and even in his early days he did topical jokes, designed to be tossed aside and replaced by others on tomorrow's hot topic. This was in contrast to his peers, whose endlessly polished routines had to endure unchanging over the long years they toured the circuit. That skill made Hope the perfect comedian...
...James Davis was the chair of the council's Juvenile Justice committee, and was known throughout the country as a tireless advocate for youth. In 1990, he founded the not-for-profit "'Love Yourself' Stop the Violence" to fight guns, drugs, teen pregnancy and delinquency. In 1994, he convinced Toys R Us to remove 'look-alike' toy guns from its shelves after a spate of incidents in which police officers thought children were bearing real weapons. He then turned his attention to MTV, asking that violent and sexually explicit music videos be restricted...
...mixture of good humor and close attention to detail. He has not hesitated to justify his decisions, frequently shooting off e-mails to students in the middle of the night to answer their questions or correct their misapprehensions. His efforts to improve students’ lives were, quite literally, tireless...
DIED. PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN, 70, tireless philanthropist and environmentalist; after a short illness; in Boston. Both the youngest and longest serving U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Prince Sadruddin spent nearly four decades working with the U.N. on disaster relief before devoting his later years to preserving the Alps and protecting rare birds...